Updates Archives
Monthly updates for November 2019
Batch delivery in Azure Event Grid for high-throughput scenarios now in preview
Azure Event Grid subscriptions can now be configured to publish events to your endpoints in batches (and not only individually) in order to handle more efficiently high-throughput scenarios.
Azure Event Grid now supports CloudEvents v1.0 for greater interoperability
Azure Event Grid now supports CloudEvents v1.0, the open standard event format incubated at the Cloud Native Compute Foundation and built by several collaborators, including Microsoft
HPC Specialized VMs - HB and HC-series
Azure HB & HC Virtual Machines expand to new regions
Azure Container Registry repository-scoped RBAC permissions are now in preview
Announcing the public preview of repository-scoped RBAC permissions for Azure Container Registry (ACR).
Azure Container Registry—Diagnostic logs are now in preview
Diagnostic logs for Azure Container Registry are now in preview.
New Azure Advisor recommendation category: operational excellence
Azure Advisor is launching a new category of recommendations called operational excellence. This new category will help you follow best practices for process and workflow efficiency, resource manageability, and deployment.
Migrate from Bing Speech to Speech Services and the Speech SDK by January 14, 2020
Target retirement date: January 14, 2020
We’re extending the Bing Speech retirement date to January 14, 2020.
Azure Data Box heavy edition now available for petabyte-sized data transfers
The Azure Data Box heavy edition is a secure, ruggedized appliance shipped to customers to facilitate petabyte-sized offline data transfers to Azure Storage.
Azure CDN Standard Rules Engine preview update
Portal support for Azure CDN Standard rules engine is now available as part of the preview.
Azure Data Lake Analytics U-SQL runtime upgrade
Azure Data Lake Analytics U-SQL runtime is upgrading from .NET Framework v4.5.2 to .NET Framework v4.7.2. This change introduces a small risk of breaking changes if you use U-SQL custom.
Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics—New languages added to sentiment analysis
Target availability: Q4 2019
Cognitive Services Text Analytics' sentiment analysis v3 now supports 10 languages including English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, German, and Dutch.
Announcing enhancements to Azure Virtual WAN
Significant updates include the preview of hub-to-hub.
Python 3.7 support and remote build are now generally available
Announcing some enhancements to the development experience for Python workloads in Azure Functions, including support for Python 3.7 and remote build general availability.
New version of Durable Functions available now
Announcing the general availability of the version 2.0 of Durable Functions, the extension of the Azure Functions runtime that enables stateful functions and workflow orchestrations in a serverless environment.
Azure Functions integration with Azure Monitor Logs is now in public preview
Azure Functions now offers an integration with Azure Monitor Logs, enabling a more consistent observability of Azure resources and integration with external monitoring tools.
Azure ExpressRoute for satellites is now available
ExpressRoute, with one of the largest networking ecosystems in the public cloud, now includes satellite connectivity partners, bringing new options and coverage.
Azure Internet Analyzer is now in preview
Internet Analyzer is now available in preview. It delivers data-driven performance reporting across multiple endpoints for internet app and content migration and delivery.
Azure generation 2 virtual machines (VMs) are now generally available
Generation 2 VMs are now generally available in Azure. New available features include Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX), support for large VMs (up to 12 TBs), and the ability to provision OS Disks sizes that exceed 2 TBs.
New Azure Dav4-series and Eav4-series virtual machines are now available.
New Azure Dav4-series and Eav4-series virtual machines (VMs) based on AMD EPYC™ are now available. They are ideal for general purpose and memory intensive workloads.
Azure Spring Cloud service is now in preview
Simplify Spring Boot-based microservices development and application lifestyle management.
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